Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1584. Closing Date: Jun 08, 2005. 

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm 
(10.74 gm, 7h). Uncertain Asia Minor mint. Struck 
early 98 AD. IMP NERVA CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM TR P P 
P COS II, laureate head right / COM ASI across 
field, distyle temple set on four-tiered base; 
ROMA ET AVG across entablature; within, cult 
statue of Augustus standing facing, holding spear, 
being crowned with wreath by female figure holding 
cornucopiae. RIC II -; cf. BMCRE 79 (Nerva); 
Hunter -; cf. RSC 14a (same); Mazzini -. Good VF, 
toned. Apparently unique and unpublished. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

$700, $805 €567, £385, C$875, A$910, on June 8, 2005.

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